Plumsted weighs checks on owners of massage shops

Officials consider background checks for owners

1:50 AM,
Feb. 9, 2013

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In an effort to exert control over massage establishments, the Township Committee will consider an ordinance next month that would require massage business owners to undergo background checks.

Some massage parlors have served as covers for centers of prostitution, as evidenced by occasional past police raids. The arrests have besmirched the overall reputation of the legitimate massage therapy industry.

To prevent prostitutes from setting up shop in Plumsted under the guise of massage establishments, the committee introduced an ordinance Wednesday that would require the owners of ...